11-4-11 Color Pencil Still Life Paul Cezanne

I remember looking at Paul's art in class. He shows a wonderful composition of complementary colors and still life. His works are expressive and they have a good definition of color in them. He knows how to make the colors stand out in his picture by blending them by using complementary colors next to them. The space is also a good quality of his work. My drawings compare to Pauls by creating a pop in color and defining the shawdows among the figures. My picture is not as realistic as Pauls but I think they show good space and color.

10-28-11 Color Theory Elizabeth Murray

Elizabeth Murray's pictures remind me of the stuff I used to draw as a kid! I like her work because its so fun and playful! the colors she uses in her work are alive and vibrant. She certainly has an interesting technique...her works are not really scribbles but more of vage or abstract figures. My pictures compared to Elizabeths, are similar in color but way different in shape. I love using color. its what I mostly do when working on a long project. My other two photos that I drew and captured with my camera show the content of complimentary colors like the red and green that are opposite from each other. That thing I drew is a center peice for a table or stove. I thought that the different vegatables in it were interesting.

10-7-11 line and value with William Kentridge

When I saw William's drawing I was amazed at how detailed his work was! I thought his pictures were beautiful! He uses great space and thick lines in his work which make them more expressive. Some of his pictures show some emotion in them. His works are so unique. William gives his pieces life. I would like to think that his work and mine are similar because I like to put alot of detail in my sketches and I want them to look interesting. I want to make them move like William does in his sketches.

9-30-11 Richard Serra Textures

I really enjoy Richard Serra's work because he combines simple architeture and being abstract in his pieces. I think that its really intersting when you can interact and really think about an artist's work and what they were thinking of when they were creating it. Richard uses his space very well and creates huge mazes. Some of his work looked like mazes i thought. I like to think that his work and mine are similar in the fact that they are abstract. Our works are simple yet interesting...at least Id like to think my art is interesting. :)

9-23-11 Edward Ruschas

When I looked at Edwards work, I noticed that he has simple pieces. He mostly uses words and color to represent his works. Proximity and perspective also play a role in his pieces, like his Fox piece. Edward puts his points of interest in the center of his paintings which I think make them look boring. He adds nice and clean lines to look at in his works along with plenty of space for his words. Compared to the work that I do, I think that Edward's work is too simple and not detailed enough. Hes better at clean lines but I prefer more detail and variety.

9-16-11 Value and Edgar Degas

My work compares to edgars in the way that it is much simpilar. In edgar's work, he creates a harmoney of colors and values. You can also see a little crosshatching in his pieces too. My drawings are not as expressive as his are. I noticed that he likes to draw and paint ballerinas and female figures which is somethig we both have in common. I also like to draw feminine figures.

9-9-11 Albrecht Durer and Cross Hatching

My drawing connects to Albrecht's by showing a little more value and cross hatching on the shadows of the bananas. I think he shows more dramatic value in his pieces. He works with the space, value, texture and overall quality of his pictures. The emotions are clearly expressed in his works.

Honore Daumier

Honore Daumier has some very interesting facial expressions to his figures. I think he puts alot of illistrative and overexaggerated expressions on the people that he draws. Some of his pieces look more cartoonish.

The way I draw people is completely different from the way Daumier draws his. I still need to work on realism in my art while Daumier already has good realism. He has more detail in his work. He also knows how to make good use of space in his paintings.

8-25-11 How do you define someone as being expressive?

gesture drawing

realistic scene

KATHE KOLLWITZ:
My photos and gesture drawings are different from Kathe's because in her drawings her faces show more expression, value, depth, and spacing. I noticed that she also uses a good balence of texture in her peices as well. Shes shares a considerable amount of personal and political probblems in her peices which is why I think her art captures people's interest. My drawings don't contain as much expression and emotion that Kathe created. Shes more skilled with real life while I am more of an abstract artist. I use color to express my optimism in my work. Kathe used pencil and worked more with black and white.

HOW DO I DEFINE SOMEONE AS EXPRESSIVE? :
I define someone being expressive when they show a great amount of clear emotion. There are many ways to show expression. Art is great way. Alot of artists can show how they feel by putting certain colors together. Black and grey ususally represent sorrow in an art peice. Anything showing emotion.